Crinophtheiros comatulicola

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Crinophtheiros comatulicola
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Crinophtheiros
Species:
C. comatulicola
Binomial name
Crinophtheiros comatulicola
Graff, 1875
Synonyms
  • Crinophtheiros beryllina Monterosato, 1878
  • Eulima beryllina Monterosato, 1878
  • Stylina comatulicola Graff, 1875

Crinophtheiros comatulicola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. [1]

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Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:

Overview

The species Crinophtheiros comatulicola lives in the Mediterranean Sea, [3] [1] particularly in the Adriatic, the Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone, the Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone, the Greek Exclusive Economic Zone, and European waters (ERMS scope). [1] They are also ectoparasites of the crinoid Antedon mediterranea [3] .

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Graff, 1875. Check List of European Marine Mollusca (look up in IMIS). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139787 on 2013-01-06
  2. ↑ "First record of living specimens of Crinophtheiros comatulicola (Graff, 1875) (Gastropoda, Eulimidae) from the Adriatic Sea".
  3. 1 2 3 "Crinophtheiros comatulicola (Graff, 1875) from idscaro.net".


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